November 1981
through October 1982
The George Foster trade was not horrible - Foster had over 600 hits including 99 homers with the Mets, which was good for career Mets WAR of 4.7. I don't know how 99 homers in about 3.5 years can only yield 4.7 WAR, but they definitely acquired him past peak - he had already accumulated 39.5 WAR with Cincinnati before the trade.
The full list:
(1) New York Mets traded Doug Flynn and Danny Boitano to the Texas Rangers for Jim Kern (Dec 11, 1981)
(2) New York Mets traded Frank Taveras to the Montreal Expos for Steve Ratzer (Dec 11, 1981)
(3) New York Mets traded Ray Searage to the Cleveland Indians for Tom Veryzer (Jan 08, 1982)
(4) New York Mets traded Alex Trevino, Greg Harris and Jim Kern to the Cincinnati Reds for George Foster (Feb 10, 1982)
(5) New York Mets traded Lee Mazzilli to the Texas Rangers for Ron Darling and Walt Terrell (Apr 01, 1982)
(6) New York Mets traded Joel Youngblood to the Montreal Expos for Tom Gorman (Aug 04, 1982)
(7) New York Mets traded Tom Hausman to the Atlanta Braves for Carlos Diaz (Sep 10, 1982)
Trivia: Continuing on the WAR discussion, bWAR is not kind to light hitting infielders. Doug Flynn finished his career at -6.9 WAR, Tom Veryzer at -3.7, and Frank Taveras at +1.8. Flynn ended up with over 900 hits and a gold glove for being a lot less valuable than Joe Replacement Player.
Greg Harris, on the other hand had pitched for 15 years, accumulated a 74-90 record with 3.69 ERA and 1.35 WHIP which yielded a 19.6 WAR.
I have not been through all of them, but Alex Trevino may be the highest WAR back-up catcher the Mets ever had. I'll find that out at some point.
3 comments:
Flynn was a true glove, but a AA/AAA bat - very low OBP, very low runs and RBIs, no power. Also surprised by the -6.9, even with that offense deficit.
George Foster, a few years pre-Mets, was a lethal bat and even stole 17 of 20 one year.
He always seemed OLD to me when he was with the Mets. He was one of baseball's top 5 hitters from age 27 through 30. Just terrific numbers. The Mets got a significant downgrade from that. He lost a lot and was done when he was 36 or 37. Young man's game.
I agree and it reminds me of Jim Fregosi. From his first at bat I couldn't believe he just turned 30 he looked much older and even though I declared a "do over" it never happened. By the way PLAY BALL and I'm excited!
It seems like the Mets traded for (or signed) a lot of guys at the end of their careers - Robin Ventura and Todd Zeile are a couple more that come to mind.
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